Shaya Kass
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Do you know how parents of toddlers often feel guilty because they can't concentrate 100% on their children or 100% on their work and they're frustrated because they feel like they don't know the best way to raise their kids and they feel like they never have enough time?
What I do is I help them eliminate the guilt, I help them find time and I help them feel fulfilled. Bottom line, they have a great, loving relationship with their family.
When a client finishes with me they are feeling happiness, gratitude and fulfillment.
My wife and I have raised three GREAT kids and we are so very proud of them!
Shaya's life mission is to inspire people to live in happiness and gratitude.
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No Man Is An Island
I just heard some fascinating research about positive psychology and cities. We all know the stereotypes. We all think that New Yorkers are brusk, perhaps even obnoxious. We think of Los Angelenos as friendlier if not a little shallow. And we think of Atlantans as very warm and welcoming southerners. The first question we should ask is whether these stereotypes are true. The second question we should ask is, “If it is true, how does it affect us and our kids?”
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How To Help Your Child When They Are Feeling Overwhelmed
When you do nothing, you feel overwhelmed and powerless. But when you get involved, you feel the sense of hope and accomplishment that comes from knowing you are working to make things better.” Unknown Last year, when my sister-in-law came to visit from Los Angeles, my little one missed a few days of fifth grade. While missing a few days of fifth grade is hardly the end of the world, he did have a feeling of being overwhelmed when he was trying to make up the work that he had missed. So what is the best way to help your child when they are feeling overwhelmed?r
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3 Tips For Making Dinner Time A GREAT Family Time
You pick up 5 year old Jimmy from soccer practice, 8 year old Alice gets dropped off from ballet lessons and 11 year old Zach comes in from Little League. It is 5:30 and you have to start dinner. While you are working on dinner you have to help Zach with a report on Italy and you have to help Alice with math homework. Finally at 6:15 you are ready to sit down to dinner. But are you ready to enjoy dinnertime with your family? Or are you hoping to just get through it? Just hoping to survive?
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When the Kids Gang Up
I have good friends who have three kids that are very close in age. The other night I was over at their house and the parents, let’s call them Randi and Mason, were telling my wife and I that they feel like there is a mob mentality in the house. They felt that the kids gang up on them to get their way. I was a little taken aback.
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The One Simple Secret To Changing Your Parenting Mindset, Part Two
In part one of this article, I spoke about why we should change our parenting mindset. How it will help us to control our reactions to situations. But how can we change our parenting mindset?
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Want Happy Kids? - Teach them to take their time!
I just read an astonishing article. It gives us one of the keys to happiness. And we all want our kids to be happy! What makes people happy? What leads people to say they are satisfied with their lives? Is it money? - NO! It's time. Having time leads to happiness.
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Allow Your Child To Be the Master Of His Body
Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live. Jim Rohn
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Do You Want To Raise A Courageous Child?
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear. -Ambrose Redmoon Courage is certainly a character trait that we want in ourselves and in our children. But what makes someone courageous? How can we foster courage? And, perhaps most important, Can we even agree on an answer to “What is courage?”r
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How to Make Your Child Into a Reader – Part One
Most of us know that our children will need to know how to read when they grow older. Reading will lead to some of life’s greatest pleasures. Do you remember reading the beautiful love letter your spouse sent you? Do you remember reading your favorite novel? You certainly realize that you can gain new knowledge and be inspired by reading, your doing it now.
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HOW TO MAKE YOUR CHILD INTO A READER – PART TWO
In part one of this article, I wrote about the reading environment you should create to help your child become a better reader. But what about how you should actually be reading? First, some good news, DON’T WORRY, you cannot do it wrong. As long as you read to your child, it’s good. You cannot mess this up.
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Why It Is Important For Your Kids To Be Happy
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. Abraham Lincoln I heard a very interesting interview with Dr. Bruce Lipton, a cellular biologist. He gave a very simple yet powerful explanation of why happiness is important.r
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What is the Meaning of Your Life?
The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as In am, then I can change." --Carl Rogers I just finished reading Man’s Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl. I had read about the book many times and finally got around to reading it. Victor Frankl was a psychotherapist living ...
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